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7. γεμίσατε. What is the meaning of this command, if (as some contend) only the water drawn out was turned into wine? And why such care to state the large size of the vessels? These had been partly emptied by the ceremonial ablutions of the company. Note that in His miracles Christ never creates; He increases the quantity, or changes the quality of what already exists.
ἕως ἄνω. His Mother’s words (Joh 2:5) have done their work. Our attention seems again to be called to the great quantity of water changed into wine. “It is His first miraculous sign; and it must bear strong testimony to His riches, His munificence, and the joy which it gives Him to bestow relief or even gladness: it must become the type of the fulness of grace and joy which the only-begotten Son brings to the earth” (Godet).